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PAPER SHOPPING BAG Filed Nov. 11. 1929 A TTORNEYS.

Patented May .19, 1931 g ri iss WALTER H. nnnsnivrinorsr. rant, MiINNESOTA' PAPER snorrrne Baa Application fileanovember' i, 1929. Serial No. 40 ,251.

This inventionrelates'to a paper shopping bag and is an improvement upon the bags lllustrated in the following LettersPatent, tof

wit, Nos. 1,305,199, 1, 418,705 and 1,432,150.

The chief object of this invention is tore- I duce the cost of construction of a paper shopping bag of the character before. mentioned. I V

The chief feature-of the invention consists 10 in the employment of a'paper stock cord and providing not less than three apertures in the mouth of the bag at the doubled or hem portion thereof and in predeterminedrela tion for securing the cord thereto, said cord being united in closed relation.

-One-feature of the invention consists in arranging the apertures-such that a circularor loop formation of the handle is-retained and this is accomplished by arranging the, 0 spaced, apertures so as tocoincide withthe arcof a circle and preferably one of substantially the same circumference as the looped handle it arranged in circular formation. When only three apertures are pro vided for each handleeach handle may be similarly mounted and when both handles are mounted the knotted portions will be at opposite ends of the handles with the knotted portions preferably included .within the mouth'of the bag.

Another feature of the invention consists ,in arranging the several handle supporting apertures such that the. intermediate aperture or apertures are positioned an appreciable distance below the chord joining the two end apertures and substantially coincident with or along the bisectors of the base angles of I an equilateral triangle including the chord as a base. This arrangement results in pre-' 40 determined distribution of stress to the bag so that tearing out does not occur.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims In the drawingsFig.v 1 is a perspective view of a paper shopping bag provided with the invention. Fig. 2'is an elevational view I of the outer side of one side of the bag por-' tion and including the handle. Fig. 3 is a included supporting reinforcement 20.

briefly described as follows:

chord is from the bag mouth.

similar viewIoif; theinner side ofthe same portion. Fig. llsa transverse sectional view taken through the center 'oithe before mentioned portion.

In the drawings 10 indicates a bag, 11 the 1 open mouth thereof and the ends ofthe sides are turned inwardly to form the hem 1:2 which may or may not be secured to the adjacent side portion. I p

Each opposite side of the bag is provided with a plurality of apertures andpre ferably not less than three are provided.

Herein three apertures 13 are illustrated and these are arranged in spaced relation relat ve to each other. Preferably {the apertures are continuous through thefsid mg and the ,ad acent hem; portion'and an The'threefor more apertures 13ers positioned so that they lie in the'arc. of a circle the circumference of which substantially" coincides "with that of a circular ropefhan dle 14. The handle 14 is a singlelen-gth,

of paper rope that has 'itsfree ends iunitedi L while wet forming a knot '15. Preferably qg the handle is mounted such that the knot lies within the bag and immediately adjacent one of the apertures. a 1 As shown in Fig. 4 the cord portion 16 1 that passes through the apertures passes I through substantially transverse. tofthell plane of the bag. Since the apertures have:

tially coincide with the base angle bisectors V of an equilateral triangle, the base of which is the chord of the circle joining the outer-. 7 most openings, the center opening being 1 positioned from the chord at a distance D or slightly less than the :distance A that the From Fig. 1 it Will be observed that each loop is similarly mounted upon the side of the bag so that the loops are oppositely arranged relative toeach other and the knots are positioned at opposite ends of the handles. In this Way the load transmitted by the handles to that portion of the bag connecting the same together, and by 'that is meant the bottom as Well, is distributed across the full Width of that portion of the bag included between the outermost apertures and extendingfrom one set of apertures to the other and including the bottom portion as Well.

The invention claimed is: i

A paper shopping bag including a reinforced mouth and a substantially independent ficr-zibie coinpiete loop forming there-for at each side said loop extending in opposite directions through successive openings, there being at three o enings arranged substant -y upon the are 01 a circle the chord of A. 1 extends between the enter most openings, the bag having at least one loop receiving intermediate openingand positionei i upon the opposite side or" said chord from the month of the beg and an appreciabie cistance from said chord'but not appreciably beyond the bisoctors of the angles or" an inverted equilateral triangle the sides of which ar equal to the length of said chord and the base of which iscenstitnted by said chord.

2. A device as defined by claim 1, characterizec'by the intermediate opening being at a distance from said chord approximately not greater than the distance is from the mouth of the bag.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto, afiixed my signature.

WALTER H. DEUBENER.

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